MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online learning make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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